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Title

What Fruit Kills Your Gelatin

Problem Scenario

I chose this experiment because whenever I go to birthday parties or parties I never come empty handed and I wondered what fruit should you not put into your gelatin.

Broad Question

What Fruit Kills (Ruins) Gelatin?

Specific Question

What Fruit Will Do The BEST At Killing Your Gelatin?

Hypothesis

I think that the Fresh Pineapple will not allow the gelatin to set the correct way.Only because the ingredients in the pineapple juice won't mix well with the ingredients in the gelatin.

Graph of Hypothesis

Variables

Independent Variable:

The Amount of Gelatin in the cups, and the amount of fruit in each cup.

Dependent Variable:

If the Gelatin sets or not.

Variables That Need To Be Controlled:

The Flavor of the Gelatin
The Amount of Fruit put in the Gelatin
The Brand of Gelatin

Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation

Acidity- 1. The quality or state of being acid.
2. Sourness ; Tartness
3. Excessive acid quality; as the Gastric juice
Gastric - Pertaining to the Stomach

Theory- A coherent group general proportions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena.

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General Plan

1. Put the fruit and Gelatin in the cups
2. Record Data each Ten Minutes
3. Add all the data together
4. See if my Hypothesis is correct
5. EAT THE GELATIN!!!!

Potential Problems And Solutions

I might not buy enough gelatin, fruit or cups. I would buy 5 boxes of gelatin. 2 of each types of fruit. 2 packs of Dixie cups.

Safety Or Environmental Concerns

Safety Concerns: Make sure that I clean up my project so that in case if some of the jello spills on the floor nobody slips and falls on it and nobody gets hurt.
Environmental Concerns: NONE

Experimental Design

Number Of Trials:

3

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:

5

When data will be collected

March, 2012

Number of Observations:

3

Where will data be collected?:

At home, Mr. Biche's Science Room

Resources and Budget Table

ITEM	WHERE I'M GOING TO GET IT	COST	QUANTITY	TOTAL MONEY SPENT
Poster Board	Staples	$ 5.00	1	$ 5.00
Gelatin Mix	Wal-Mart	$ 2.50	2	$ 5.00
Variety of Fruit	Shaw's	$ 1.50 - $ 4.50	5	$ 7.50 - $ 22.50
Dixie Cups ( 100 ct.)	Hannaford	$ 3.00	1	$ 3.50

Data Table

Fruit	Solidness on scale of 1-10	Time Allowed for Gelatin To Set Before Collecting Data
Lemon	10	1 Hour
Orange	10	1 Hour
Strawberry	10	1 Hour
Canned Pineapple	10	1 Hour
Fresh Pineapple	0	1 Hour

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Background Research

References

Mr. Biche,

Detailed Procedure

1. Buy Supplies
2. Set up supplies
3. Set up cups in rows
4. Make Gelatin
5. Prepare Fruit
6. Put fruit into cups
7. Pour Gelatin Into Cups
8. Insert Cups into fridge
9. Let Gelatin Set for 1 hour
10. Take Gelatin Out of the fridge
11. Test your Theory
12. Collect Data
13. Dump out the gelatin that failed
14. EAT THE REST OF THE GELATIN!!!!! YUMMY

Diagram

Photo List

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Results

All Raw Data

Graphs

Photos

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Data Analysis

Conclusion

My hypothesis was correct. When I did the experiment I did 3 trials so I made sure that I didn't mess anything up. Along with doing 3 trials it was a way of having certain data, and when I collected my data it followed my hypothesis, so Yes, my hypothesis was correct.

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Discussion

Benefit to Community and/or Science

My projects benefit to the community. It lets the community know what fruit not to put in their gelatin. And the answer is DON"T USE FRESH PINEAPPLE. Canned is different then Fresh because canned is put into a can and stored for 2-3 days before shipping out to stores. Fresh Pineapple is different because Fresh is picked from where it is grown Brought to the factory washed up given a sticker with the company's name on it, and shipped out to stores.

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